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Matt Oakes

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Biography:

When not whetting his thirst with an exotic ale, Matt can be found holed up in his Seattle apartment or hidden amongst the mountains. Started blogging about film in college when the college paper wouldn?Äôt have him. Watcher of far too many films annually. Regular attendee @ Sundance, SXSW, SIFF. Editor-in-chief of Silver Screen Riot.

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Movies TV Shows
The Invite (2026) 92% A- EDIT “‘The Invite’ from Olivia Wilde is a wildly funny swinger comedy that explores how relationships open, close, and end in hilarious and heartfelt ways. ” – Silver Screen Riot Feb 3, 2026 Full Review Frank & Louis (2026) 90% B EDIT “The performances from Ben-Adir and Morgan power Frank & Louis’ emotional core. Both deliver outstanding turns, but it’s their shared chemistry that really makes Volpe’s film sing. ” – Silver Screen Riot Feb 3, 2026 Full Review Union County (2026) 100% C+ EDIT “An observant drama about the victims of addiction and the grueling road to recovery that admirably focuses on the people behind the statistics.” – Silver Screen Riot Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Nuisance Bear  (2026) 100% B EDIT “The implication is obvious: the nuisance isn’t the bear.” – Silver Screen Riot Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Josephine (2026) 98% B+ EDIT “A feel-bad movie about the downstream effects of trauma on someone too young to intellectualize what they’ve witnessed.” – Silver Screen Riot Feb 2, 2026 Full Review The Incomer (2026) 91% B+ EDIT “A strange little gem powered by plenty of heartfelt laughs and feral charm. ” – Silver Screen Riot Feb 1, 2026 Full Review undertone (2025) 87% A EDIT “A masterfully assembled nightmare of all-encompassing horror, Ian Tucson’s ‘Undertone‘ is as immersive as it is bone chilling, featuring truly elite sound design.” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 31, 2026 Full Review The Musical (2026) 57% A- EDIT “As a laughs-per-capita comedy, and as a showcase for a bracing new comedic voice, The Musical is one of the funniest films I have seen in years. ” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 31, 2026 Full Review The Gallerist (2026) 56% C- EDIT “It’s all in service of a very mild, unfunny critique: that the art world is phony, if not outright felonious.” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 31, 2026 Full Review Rock Springs (2026) 77% B- EDIT “It swings for something personal and haunted and culturally resonant. It may not all be perfect, but it’s far from disposable.” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 31, 2026 Full Review The Weight (2026) 95% B+ EDIT “A film that drapes a muscular, objective-driven plot over lush period-piece trappings.” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 30, 2026 Full Review See You When I See You (2026) 72% B+ EDIT “Tragedy and comedy aren’t just coexisting here, their comorbidities elevate one another.” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (2026) 90% B EDIT “When it breaks out in spontaneous dance or traps Ha-Chan in an impossibly awkward situation, it’s impossible to ignore its intoxicating effect.” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 29, 2026 Full Review How to Divorce During the War (2026) B EDIT “A powerful kitchen table drama that uses the backdrop of the Ukraine-Russia war to explore the quieter war of domestic selfishness.” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 28, 2026 Full Review Time and Water (2026) 91% C EDIT “Moves at the pace of a glacier, and unfortunately feels just as cold. Sara Dosa’s anticipated follow-up to ‘Fire of Love’ is ultimately a major snooze about ice loss that struggles to thaw. ” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Night Nurse (2026) 77% C EDIT “There’s a Lynchian undercurrent here, but the deadpan line readings and bizarre physicality also nod toward The Room more than Mulholland Drive.” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 27, 2026 Full Review If I Go Will They Miss Me (2026) 100% B EDIT “ In its best moments, the work is reminiscent of Barry Jenkins, marking Thompson-Hernández as someone to keep a close eye on.” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Everybody To Kenmure Street (2026) 100% B- EDIT “A resounding reminder that the good of a nation’s citizens can outweigh the villainy of their governments.” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Hold Onto Me (2026) B EDIT “A richly satisfying, slow-burn coming-of-age journey that thrives on its understated aura and emotionally resonant performances.” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Sentient (2026) B- EDIT “It’s soul-rattling stuff, enough to make any viewer wonder: how far are we willing to go, and what are we willing to become, in the name of "bettering" the human race? ” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Take Me Home (2026) 93% B- EDIT “It’s a work made with palpable care, one that honors the disabled community not through platitudes, but through realism rooted in experience. ” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Send Help (2026) 93% B EDIT “Dylan O’Brien is a convincingly smug douche, while Rachel McAdams is electrifying as the dangerously capable femme fatale.” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Seized (2026) 100% B EDIT “A poignant examination of how the First Amendment can be trampled – and how to fight back. ” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Shame and Money (2026) 100% B EDIT “Kabashi guides the film to its powerful conclusion, turning this low-simmering character drama into a potent screed against the humiliation embedded in survival-driven labor.” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Tell Me Everything (2026) 80% B- EDIT “A father-son drama that aches with unspoken tenderness, ‘Tell Me Everything’ finds what it means to lose a father, and what it takes to face him again.” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 26, 2026 Full Review
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